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« Reply #15 on: January 26, 2016, 10:26:48 PM » |
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Welcome to Manky Monkey Maddness.
Don't know how much mechanical experience you have or facilities you have access to. But ask questions and folk here will do their best to help.
As andbolt0 says the handbrake must be operable from the normal riding position. It can however be on either side.
I notice that the engine is mounted quite far back and the gearlever is behind the rider. Perhaps a linkage system would help rather than the long stick that is fitted at the moment.
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« Reply #16 on: January 28, 2016, 08:09:55 AM » |
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hi,,hillbilly,
what part of the country are you in
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LIVE FAST and DIE YOUNG,, past 50 AND STILL HERE NOW. WAITING. FOR. THE. GRIM. REAPER
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« Reply #17 on: January 28, 2016, 09:49:01 PM » |
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Some advice from someone who's done similar to you and still not finished 2 years in. just mod the bits safety and ridability require, otherwise you'll find yourself under that tarp next winter without ever riding it at all. And your enthusiasm will have long gone...
Move the seat back abit, mod the gearlever (look at Olds reliant on here), get the brakes and lump working, check the frame welds etc, and ride it.
By the end of the summer you will know what direction you want it to go.
Ha, giving advice, easy....
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« Reply #18 on: January 28, 2016, 10:03:39 PM » |
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Some advice from someone who's done similar to you and still not finished 2 years in.
Ha, giving advice, easy....
Sometimes easier to build from scratch than try to get someone elses work sorted. Oh and Deliverance is not a Reliant  It's correctly registered as an Olds  |
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« Reply #19 on: January 28, 2016, 10:54:11 PM » |
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Hi spanners, I'm in north west not far from devils bridge, Lancaster...  Minimutly, yeah I'm building a custom bike, or have been for 2 years now, was supposed to of been a few months  ..... Yeah I'm gonna go through it, just too make sure o don't value my life but I value my other halds... (Not sure if that's ever been said before... Ever) |
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« Reply #20 on: January 28, 2016, 10:55:24 PM » |
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"I don't" "other half's" sorry
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« Reply #21 on: February 02, 2016, 09:10:29 PM » |
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anyone fitted an electric fan to the radiator instead of the actual engine fan? thinking of changing it due to... safety reasons....
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« Reply #22 on: February 02, 2016, 09:13:26 PM » |
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Yup, most of us All mine had electric fans. |
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« Reply #23 on: February 02, 2016, 09:20:57 PM » |
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And looking at yours Hillbilly you would be better off with an electric fan.
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« Reply #24 on: February 04, 2016, 03:08:52 PM » |
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Cool, what fans have you guys used? I'm thinking just an eBay universal thing, how have you guys hooked them up? As in, straight to a manual switch and then used a temp gauge? Or somehow wired it so it cuts in automatically? I'm using the reliant radiator as I have a good spare... Thanks |
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« Reply #25 on: February 04, 2016, 05:26:26 PM » |
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I used a slimline universal ebay fan controlled by a Kenlow variable temperature switch with sensor wired to the back of the rad near the top.
Most folk seem to use a thermo switch mounted in the top hose.
Not sure why your existing rad is mounted as far from the fan as it is (or why it's round the wrong way) but at least you have a lot of room for an electric fan.
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« Reply #26 on: February 04, 2016, 10:28:20 PM » |
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/14-AeroLine-Electric-Radiator-12v-Cooling-Fan-Thermostat-For-CLASSIC-CAR-/200929164721?hash=item2ec84fbdb1:g:rOAAAOSw7ThUoo73sorry if that link ^^^ doesn't actually come up as a link, if it does, please have a looksie, i was thinking something along those lines... well i think a monkey built it to be honest , a rather crude monkey, the more i look the more i find problems.... oil and filter change tomorrow if the weather stays ok, got new plugs and leads to fit too, new fuel hose and filter, gonna measure my fork diameter and see if i can find a front end that will fit the yokes (have no idea what forks, front wheel,discs , mastercylinder is), hence i cant order new parts (mastercylinder is about dead).... also neads a new front tyre..
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« Reply #27 on: February 04, 2016, 10:51:54 PM » |
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Should be fine except that one is a bit big. Think the Reliant rad is 11" wide.
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« Reply #28 on: February 04, 2016, 11:53:41 PM » |
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Carefull diss'ing monkeys around here...
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« Reply #29 on: February 05, 2016, 12:00:20 AM » |
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Awesome, just ordered a 9inch one |
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